"15, 2016. Death of a Salesman (1985 film) Death of a Salesman is a 1985 American made-for-television film adaptation of the 1949 play of the same name by Arthur Miller, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang and Charles Durning. The film follows the script of the 1949 play almost exactly and originally premiered on CBS on August 16, 1985. The film earned 10 Emmy nominations at the 38th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony and four Golden Globe nominations at the 43rd Golden Globe Awards ceremony, winning three and one, respectively. Willy Loman returns home"
"his standards. The models of business success provided in the play all argue against Willy's ""personality theory."" One is Charley, Willy's neighbor and apparently only friend. Charley has no time for Willy's theories of business, but he provides for his family and is in a position to offer Willy a do-nothing job to keep him bringing home a salary. (Bloom 51) ""Death of a Salesman"" first opened on February 10, 1949, to great success. Drama critic John Gassner wrote that “the ecstatic reception accorded ""Death of Salesman"" has been reverberating for some time wherever there is an ear for theatre,"
"Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and a major figure in the twentieth-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ""All My Sons"" (1947), ""Death of a Salesman"" (1949), ""The Crucible"" (1953) and ""A View from the Bridge"" (1955, revised 1956). He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on ""The Misfits"" (1961). The drama ""Death of a Salesman"" has been numbered on the short list of finest American plays in the 20th century alongside Eugene O'Neill's ""Long Day's Journey into Night"" and Tennessee Williams's"
"and it is undoubtedly the best American play since ""A Streetcar Named Desire"".” The play reached London on July 28, 1949. London responses were mixed, but mostly favorable. ""The Times"" criticized it, saying that “the strongest play of New York theatrical season should be transferred to London in the deadest week of the year.” However, the public understanding of the ideology of the play was different from that in America. Some people, such as Eric Keown, think of ""Death of a Salesman"" as ""a potential tragedy deflected from its true course by Marxist sympathies."" The play was hailed as “the"
"interview with Ron Rifkin, Miller said that most contemporary critics regarded ""All My Sons"" as ""a very depressing play in a time of great optimism"" and that positive reviews from Brooks Atkinson of ""The New York Times"" had saved it from failure. In 1948, Miller built a small studio in Roxbury, Connecticut. There, in less than a day, he wrote Act I of ""Death of a Salesman"". Within six weeks, he completed the rest of the play, one of the classics of world theater. ""Death of a Salesman"" premiered on Broadway on February 10, 1949, at the Morosco Theatre, directed"
"Miller brilliantly solves the problem of revealing his main character's inner discord, rendering Willy Loman as solid as the society in which he tries to sell himself. Indeed, many critics believe that Miller has never surpassed his achievement in this play, which stands as his breakthrough work, distinguished by an extremely long Broadway run, by many revivals, and by many theater awards, including the Pulitzer Prize in 1949. ""Death of a Salesman"" seems destined to remain an American classic and a standard text in American classrooms. Willy Loman desperately wants to believe that he has succeeded, that he is “well"
"with Doris Abrahams. Bloomgarden died at age 71 in his New York City home on September 20, 1976, having dealt with a brain tumor for six months before his death. In 1983, seven years after his death, Kermit Bloomgarden was posthumously inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Kermit Bloomgarden Kermit Bloomgarden (December 15, 1904 – September 20, 1976) was an American theatrical producer. He was an accountant before he began producing plays on Broadway including ""Death of a Salesman"" (1949), ""The Diary of Anne Frank"" (1955), ""The Music Man"" (1957), ""Look Homeward, Angel"" (1957), and ""Equus"" (1973). Bloomgarden"
"Matt Wayne, and editing a drama column in the magazine ""The New Masses"". Two months after Miller died Peter O'Toole called him a ""bore"" and Roger Kimball went on record saying that Miller's artistic accomplishments were meager. Critical articles Organizations Archive Databases Websites Interviews Obituaries Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and a major figure in the twentieth-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ""All My Sons"" (1947), ""Death of a Salesman"" (1949), ""The Crucible"" (1953) and ""A View from the Bridge"" (1955, revised 1956). He wrote"
"Kermit Bloomgarden Kermit Bloomgarden (December 15, 1904 – September 20, 1976) was an American theatrical producer. He was an accountant before he began producing plays on Broadway including ""Death of a Salesman"" (1949), ""The Diary of Anne Frank"" (1955), ""The Music Man"" (1957), ""Look Homeward, Angel"" (1957), and ""Equus"" (1973). Bloomgarden was born in Brooklyn to Zemad and Annie Groden Bloomgarden, where he attended the local public schools. He majored in accounting at New York University and became a Certified Public Accountant after his graduation in 1926. Bloomgarden transitioned into theater after meeting Arthur Beckhard at a 1932 dinner party,"
"and Tennessee Williams. During his career at the Daily News, he was able to attend the 1949 debut of ""Death of a Salesman"" starring Lee J. Cobb in the title role of Willy Loman, as well as the 50th-anniversary production of the play with Brian Dennehy in the lead. One of the founders of the Drama Desk Awards, Watt served on the nominating committee for both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Awards. Watt died at age 95 on September 29, 2009, in Southampton, New York because of pneumonia. At the time of his death, he resided in"
"Death (play) Death is a play by Woody Allen. It was first published in 1975, along with ""God"", and other short stories in Woody Allen's book ""Without Feathers"". It is a comedic version of Eugène Ionesco's 1959 play ""The Killer"". His 1991 film ""Shadows and Fog"" was based on this play. Kleinman, a meek salesman, is awoken late one night by a mob led by a man named Hacker, who forces him to join their vigilante group dedicated to catching a serial killer who frequently changes his modus operandi. Hacker claims to have a plan to catch the maniac, but"
"The Death of Bessie Smith The Death of Bessie Smith is a one-act play by American playwright Edward Albee, written in 1959 and premiered in West Berlin the following year. The play consists of a series of conversations between Bernie and his friend Jack, Jack and an off-stage Bessie, and black and white staff of a 'whites-only' hospital in Memphis, Tennessee on the death date of the famous blues singer, Bessie Smith, who died in a car wreck. The play premiered in West Berlin at the Schlosspark Theatre, Berlin, Germany on April 21, 1960. It premiered Off-Broadway at the York"
"Morris West Morris Langlo West AO (26 April 19169 October 1999) was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels ""The Devil's Advocate"" (1959), ""The Shoes of the Fisherman"" (1963) and ""The Clowns of God"" (1981). His books were published in 27 languages and sold more than 60 million copies worldwide. Each new book he wrote after he became an established writer sold more than one million copies. West's works were often focused on international politics and the role of the Roman Catholic Church in international affairs. One of his best known works, ""The Shoes of the Fisherman"""
"After Kleinman's death, another man arrives and tells the mob that the killer has been spotted in a different location, and they all run off again. Death (play) Death is a play by Woody Allen. It was first published in 1975, along with ""God"", and other short stories in Woody Allen's book ""Without Feathers"". It is a comedic version of Eugène Ionesco's 1959 play ""The Killer"". His 1991 film ""Shadows and Fog"" was based on this play. Kleinman, a meek salesman, is awoken late one night by a mob led by a man named Hacker, who forces him to join"
"opened. His first hit was ""Deep Are the Roots"" (1945), followed by Hellman's ""Another Part of the Forest"" (1946). ""Command Decision"" (1947) written by William Wister Haines, followed, with Paul Kelly sharing the Best Actor Tony Award that year for his performance and James Whitmore earning the Tony for ""Best Performance by a Newcomer"". Bloomgarden had a major string of success that culminated with the February 1949 opening of Arthur Miller's ""Death of a Salesman"", which earned a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The winning streak ended with Lillian Hellman's works ""Montserrat"" (1949) and ""The Autumn"
"Branford, Connecticut of a brain tumor. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, near his home at Lequille, Nova Scotia, Canada; his wife Mary is also buried there. Arthur Kennedy John Arthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914January 5, 1990) was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create ""an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage"", especially in the original casts of Arthur Miller plays on Broadway. He won the 1949 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Miller's ""Death of a Salesman"". He also won the Golden Globe"
"A Dead Secret A Dead Secret is a 1957 play by Rodney Ackland. It is a murder drama set in 1911 London and is based on the Seddon murder trial. Insurance agent Frederick Dyson owns a house in London with his wife. Among the lodgers is a misery elderly woman, Miss Lummus, who hoards her money in the house. When she is murdered, Dyson is charged with the crime. A version aired 3 March 1959 as part of British television series ""ITV Play of the Week"". The adaptation was by John McKeller. This version is believed to be lost. A"
"Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into U.S. drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The drama ""Long Day's Journey into Night"" is often numbered on the short list of the finest U.S. plays in the 20th century, alongside Tennessee Williams's ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" and Arthur Miller's ""Death of a Salesman"". O'Neill's plays were among the first to include speeches in"
"Norman Mailer Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker, actor, and liberal political activist. His novel ""The Naked and the Dead"" was published in 1948 and brought him renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel ""Armies of the Night"" won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction as well as the National Book Award. His best-known work is widely considered to be ""The Executioner's Song"", the 1979 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In over six decades of work, Mailer had eleven best selling books in each of the seven decades after"
"is ""Mr. Jones"" (1993), in which Mr. Jones (Richard Gere) swings from a manic episode into a depressive phase and back again, spending time in a psychiatric hospital and displaying many of the features of the syndrome. In ""The Mosquito Coast"" (1986), Allie Fox (Harrison Ford) displays some features including recklessness, grandiosity, increased goal-directed activity and mood lability, as well as some paranoia. Psychiatrists have suggested that Willy Loman, the main character in Arthur Miller's classic play ""Death of a Salesman"", suffers from bipolar disorder, though that specific term for the condition did not exist when the play was written."
"Actor's Workshop The Actor's Workshop was a theatre company founded in San Francisco in 1952. It was the first professional theatre on the west coast to premiere many of the modern American classics such as Arthur Miller's ""Death of a Salesman"" and ""The Crucible"", and the world dramas of Beckett, Brecht, Genet and Pinter. For the 1953-1954 season, the Workshop offered six plays: ""Lysistrata"", by Aristophanes; ""Venus Observed"", by Christopher Fry; ""Death of a Salesman"", by Arthur Miller; a revival of ""Playboy; The Cherry Orchard"", by Anton Chekhov; and ""Tonight at 8:30"", by Noël Coward. On April 15, 1955, the"
"""Sincerely Yours"". Among other film adaptions of Goodman's work, ""The Man Who Came Back"" appeared in 1931. Goodman's reported last play ""Many Mansions"" (1937) was written with his son Eckert Goodman. Goodman died of pneumonia in Peekskill, New York, where he had resided for forty years, on July 10, 1962. His wife died in 1959, and he was survived by one son (Jules Eckert Goodman Jr.), and two daughters, Helen Goodman and Anna Freedgood. Jules Eckert Goodman Jules Eckert Goodman (November 2, 1876 – July 10, 1962) was an American playwright and author. He was best known for his plays"
"30, 1947, four days before the opening of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". Another version of this essay, entitled ""The Catastrophe of Success"", is sometimes used as an introduction to ""The Glass Menagerie"". On October 1, 2009, Swann Galleries auctioned an unusually fine copy of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", New York, 1947, signed by Williams and dated 1976 for $9,000, a record price for a signed copy of the play. A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams that received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on"
"Don Keefer Donald Hood ""Don"" Keefer (August 18, 1916 – September 7, 2014) was an American actor known for his versatility in performing comedic as well as highly dramatic roles. In an acting career that spanned more than 50 years, he appeared in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions. He was a founding member of The Actors Studio, and he performed in both the original Broadway play and 1951 film versions of Arthur Miller's ""Death of a Salesman"". His longest-lasting roles on television were in ten episodes each of ""Gunsmoke"", the CBS series starring James Arness, and ""Angel"", a"
"Born"", written by Ben Hecht, to help promote the creation of a Jewish state in Israel. This play was directed by Luther Adler and co-starred Marlon Brando. Years later, in response to a question put to him by Alan King, Brando stated that Muni was the greatest actor he ever saw. At London's Phoenix Theatre on July 28, 1949, Muni began a run as Willy Loman in the first English production of ""Death of a Salesman"" by Arthur Miller. He took over from Lee J. Cobb, who had played the principal role in the original Broadway production. Both productions were"
"Studio, through which he became an understudy to Lee J. Cobb for the lead in Arthur Miller's ""Death of a Salesman"". Simon had two daughters, Barbara Ann Simon Callet (born 1941) and Susan Simon Thompson, and two sons, Robert Louis Simon (born 1950) and James A. Simon (born 1951). Simon's webpage does not include the name of his spouse(s). Simon appeared on Broadway in Clifford Odets's play, ""Clash by Night"". In 1949, he succeeded Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman in ""Death of a Salesman"". His first film appearances were as Inspector Foley in ""Where the Sidewalk Ends"" (1950) and"
"Today is Friday Today is Friday is a short, one act play by Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). The play was first published in pamphlet form in 1926 but only became more widely known through its subsequent publication in 1927 in the short story collection, Men Without Women. The play is a representation of the aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, in the form of a conversation between three Roman Soldiers and a Hebrew bartender. There is no record of the play having been performed. It is also one of the few dramatic works written by Hemingway. There is very little published"
"Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ""The Zoo Story"" (1958), ""The Sandbox"" (1959), ""Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"" (1962), and ""A Delicate Balance"" (1966). Three of his plays won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and two of his other works won the Tony Award for Best Play. His works are often considered as frank examinations of the modern condition. His early works reflect a mastery and Americanization of the Theatre of the Absurd that found its peak in works by European playwrights"
"Appointment with Death (play) Appointment with Death is a 1945 play by crime writer Agatha Christie. It is based on her 1938 novel of the same name. Christie is silent on the writing of both the book and the play in her autobiography. Her biography states that she started writing the play in a burst of enthusiasm after being involved in the preparations for ""Murder on the Nile"" which was being presented by her actor friend Francis L. Sullivan. The writing was completed by March 1944 and preparations were made towards the end of the year for an opening in"
"only three of them produced any profit. Lillo died at age 48, in 1739, in Rotherhithe, London. George Lillo George Lillo (3 February 1691 – 4 September 1739) was an English playwright and tragedian. He was a jeweller in London as well as a dramatist. He produced his first stage work, ""Silvia, or The Country Burial"", in 1730. A year later, he produced his most famous play, ""The London Merchant"". He wrote at least six more plays before his death in 1739, including ""The Christian Hero"" (1735), ""Fatal Curiosity"" (1737) and ""Marina"" (1738). George Lillo was born in Moorfields, or"
"consisted of a few paragraphs detailing his gratitude for the telegram, apologizing for not responding earlier, and inviting Eugene to the opening of ""Death of a Salesman"". O'Neill replied, accepting the apology, but declining the invitation, explaining that his Parkinson's disease made it difficult to travel. He ended the letter with an invitation to Boston, a trip that never occurred. In 1955, a one-act version of Miller's verse drama ""A View from the Bridge"" opened on Broadway in a joint bill with one of Miller's lesser-known plays, ""A Memory of Two Mondays"". The following year, Miller revised ""A View from"
"Play (play) Play is a one-act play by Samuel Beckett. It was written between 1962 and 1963 and first produced in German as Spiel on 14 June 1963 at the Ulmer Theatre in Ulm-Donau, Germany, directed by Deryk Mendel, with Nancy Illig (W1), Sigfrid Pfeiffer (W2) and Gerhard Winter (M). The first performance in English was on 7 April 1964 at the Old Vic in London. The curtain rises on three identical grey funeral “urns”, about three feet tall by preference, arranged in a row facing the audience. They contain three stock characters. In the middle urn is a man"
"Price Ridley ""Alvys Maben"" as Anne Protheroe ""Reginald Tate"" as Lawrence Redding (an artist) ""Francis Roberts"" as Dr John Haydock ""Stanley Van Beers"" as Inspector Slack The play was first published by Samuel French in January 1951 (copyright dated 1950). The action of the play passes in the study of a vicarage in the country, at the present time. Murder at the Vicarage (play) Murder at the Vicarage is a 1949 play by Moie Charles and Barbara Toy based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie. Christie's official biography suggests that the play was written by"